Who is Working the System

Riders Using the Tota System

Karen Pavicic

We’ve had some of our highest scores to date in 2016. Don Daiquiri likes the comfort and fit [of the Tota Comfort System noseband] and is happier in the contact since we started using it. He is also the strongest and most confident that he has ever been. I have to say a huge thank you to Charlie and the Dressage Connection for this and their other innovative designs, always with horses comfort and welfare in mind.

Sal Salvetti

Your horses’ comfort matters.Real innovation in tack is rare. The Tota Comfort System is one such innovation. After thousands of massages of elite equine athletes, it’s easy for me to know what helps and what doesn’t. Jaw and poll tightness and pain is all too common to sport horses, especially at the facial crest and TMJ. The Tota Comfort System relieves pain, improves the connection and brings more comfort to your horse.

Will Coleman

I use the TCS noseband on a number of different horses, and they seem to be, overall, happier in their mouths, It’s a great noseband and a great design. I use it both in training and in competition, depending on the horse, and believe it relieves the pressure points on the horse’s face, allowing them to be more comfortable and perform better.

Molly Tatham

Received the noseband on Saturday and tried it on 5 different horses today and I must say WOW. Five different issues and I was so happy to see that each horse was either softer,safer or more easily uphill… Hmmmm I believe it may have a little magic in it.

Heather Blitz

I have started using the Tota Comfort System and it has clearly made an improvement in my horses’ performance. It gives a feeling of relaxation and simplicity. I just love it and recommend you try it on all your horses too.

Beatrice “Trixi” Marienau

Due to the two straps on the lower jaw part of the noseband, I believe it gives a better pressure distribution on the horses nose and jaw and also the poll. It allows a lighter closure of the noseband and therefore lets the jaw relax more! I feel that I accomplish more supple training with a more focused and relaxed Horse!

Katherine Bateson

And it is truly fantastic!!! I love anything that will make it easier and more comfortable for Lonzie to do his job!!! Thank you Charlie!!!!!

Tara Stegen

And the difference in Wessex from your newly designed Bridle is more than I could ever explain!!! Thank you Charles!!

Kim Herslow

Thank you Charlie, you perseverance has paid off!! What a great product!! Thinking of the comfort of our beloved horses and partners to ease their work. Love it

Olympian and Team Bronze Medalist for the US, Darren Chiacchia, recently switched to the Tota Comfort System, noting that the bridle’s sculpted cheek pieces and design seem to make it more comfortable for his horses: There really seems to be immediate comfort for the...

Diane Creech trainer and rider of Leatherdale Farm’s Oldenburg stallion Robbie W has taken notice that the Tota Comfort System is making FEI level work easier for her horses. When one of my mares began shaking her head and just didn’t seem completely comfortable in...

Happier horses and better contact was also the goal for US eventer Jennifer Joyce Coleman, who sought help from the Tota Comfort System when Mojo, a 10-year-old Trakehner gelding, resorted to headshaking to communicate his discomfort. Joyce, who operates Solstice...

Canada’s Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu and her international Grand Prix mount All In are just one of the elite dressage pairs that sport the Tota Comfort System in the competition arena. When asked about the choice she said: I want to make sure my horses are as happy as...

Thank you!!! If I could hug each and everyone of you at Tota Comfort System I would. Every horse I try your noseband on, goes better and feels happier in work. Bella is my complicated, princess and the pea type girl. A love (certain she is a black lab stuck in a black...

Karen Pavicic is a Canadian dressage rider. She represented Canada at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy and was a contender for one of Canada's Olympic spots in 2016 on the road to Rio. In the winter of 2016 she was one of the first international Gran Prix...

Lillian Simons, a talented young dressage rider competing in the FEI Young Rider division, started riding at age 3 and now she is a regular on the circuit in Wellington and beyond. We were excited to see her competing in the winter of 2016 with a Tota Comfort Noseband...

The jumper world is discovering that the Tota Comfort System is not just for dressage horses, and leading the way is adult jumper rider Caroline Annarella on her mare Maxima 103. "I love the Tota Comfort System jumper bridle. My mare is noticeably more comfortable in...

American Grand Prix rider and trainer Heather Blitz and her stunning stallion Ripline are working the system in the ring at the Wellington Global Dressage Festival. We caught up with Heather to get the Pan Am Games Medalist's thoughts on the Tota feeling. "I have...